Abstract:
The data set comprises time series of wave height and period data from in-situ wave recorders at fixed locations. Data holdings include over 1500 recording months of data from some 60 sites, primarily from UK and Irish laboratories. Principal parameters are significant/characteristic wave height and mean zero crossing period - usually derived from the analysis of 20 or 30 minute recordings taken ... at intervals of the order of 3 hours. Recording periods vary from 2 months at some sites to over 15 years. The longer series are noted below: